Association Football
See also: FIFA World Cup hat-tricksA hat-trick occurs in association football when a player scores three or more goals in a single game. In common with other official record-keeping rules, goals in a penalty shootout are excluded from the tally. Players achieving hat-tricks are usually rewarded by being given the match ball to keep. The fastest time to score a hat-trick is 90 seconds, a record set by Tommy Ross playing for Ross County against Nairn County on 28 November 1964. Only one hat-trick has been scored in the FIFA World Cup Final, by Geoff Hurst for England in the 1966 final, after extra time. Association Football has also extended the term to include the phrase "perfect hat-trick." A perfect hat-trick is achieved when a player scores one right footed goal, one left footed goal and one headed goal within one match.
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